Home sales up in Ulster, Sullivan, down in Orange

Single-family home sales rose in January in Sullivan and Ulster counties, while dropping slightly in Orange County.

James Walsh

Single-family home sales rose in January in Sullivan and Ulster counties, while dropping slightly in Orange County.

Figures from the boards of Realtors in those counties showed 75 sales in Ulster County last month, up from 68 a year earlier, 29 sales in Sullivan County, compared to 20 in January 2013, and 122 in Orange County, down from 128 a year earlier.

The median price rose in Orange County to $228,750 last month, up from $210,000 in January 2013.Ulster’s median price dropped to $179,000 from $197,000.

Sullivan’s barely budged to $105,000 last month from $103,000 a year earlier.